{"id":747160,"date":"2026-05-29T15:36:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:36:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/747160\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:36:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:36:22","slug":"tucker-devries-prioritizing-one-thing-in-pre-draft-workouts-just-the-difference-in-the-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/747160\/","title":{"rendered":"Tucker DeVries prioritizing one thing in pre-draft workouts: ‘Just the difference in the body’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Indiana<\/a> forward Tucker DeVries<\/a> is in the middle of his pre-draft workouts, wrapping up his sixth of \u201910 to 12 scheduled\u2019 this week with the Indiana Pacers. <\/p>\n

After participating in the G-League Combine earlier this month in Chicago, it\u2019s full steam ahead before June\u2019s NBA Draft. While he\u2019s currently not on any mock drafts, after dealing with a few injuries and inconsistent play over the last two seasons, DeVries is looking to get his name back on the radar of NBA teams over the next few weeks. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s got to start with the shooting ability\u00a0and then just the IQ and competitiveness I feel like I can bring at the next level,\u201d DeVries said after his Pacers\u2019 workout on Thursday. \u201cJust continue to show that and then see where that lands at the\u00a0next level \u2014 how that will look as we go through this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

DeVries played in 144 games in his college career between Drake, West Virginia and Indiana. He averaged 16.8 points and show 35.9 percent from three while making 2.5 3s a game. <\/p>\n

Despite playing just eight games at West Virginia due to a shoulder injury, he shot 47.3 percent from three. After arriving at Indiana, his role was altered due to the construction of the roster and it forced DeVries to play bigger, and less on the perimeter as a wing. That resulted in gaining about 10 extra pounds. <\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s slimmed down since the season\u2019s end and is playing closer to his 210-pound weight than that of 230 at Indiana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d say the biggest thing, trying to show them (NBA teams) \u2014 just the difference in the body. Leaning back down a little bit to be able to move in space a little better,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cSo I think that\u2019s just the biggest thing, especially in a two-month span.<\/p>\n

\u201cKind of refreshing everybody a little bit of what I\u2019m capable of. I think the improvements body-wise of being\u00a0able to slim back down to probably be my more natural position a little bit\u00a0and then being able to move in space a little bit better is probably the biggest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Indiana head coach, and his dad Darian DeVries, was open throughout the season about the adjustments that Tucker was making due to the roster. It showed in his play. <\/p>\n

DeVries averaged career-lows in points (13.7), field goal percent (39.7) and three-point percent (33.3) in his lone season in Bloomington. <\/p>\n

Despite the ups and downs, DeVries is now in a spot to let his experience showcase to NBA teams and he\u2019s enjoying the process along the way. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it just goes to kind of the hard work that\u2019s been put in up to this\u00a0point to be in this position,\u201d said DeVries. \u201d \u2026 You only get to go through this process once.\u00a0So just trying to enjoy and embrace the day-by-day process\u00a0and not look too far into the outcome that\u2019s going to come with it. Just keeping it day-by-day and let it end up the way it\u2019s going to end up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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